Sir Gordon Richards (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 256 pp; Nice tight clean book.

Condition: Fair. 1955. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Printed. 256 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Flat signed by author to plate to half-title page. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light foxing overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback 1st ed 1st printing. 256 pp Illustrated. The book is in very good condition, the dust jacket is only fair, chipped with some loss at the spine tips and corners.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 256 pages. Signed by the author. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Flat signed by Author. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. The clipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. boards are shelf rubbed, edge worn and soiled. tanning. light marks. well bound. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn. tanning and foxing. scribble marks in text and on front end page. ownership inscriptions. well bound. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Illstd with b&w photos. Name stamp in front and rear, lacks fep. Dust jacket is unclipped, edge wear, small tears/scuffs, in a clear protective sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback copy in green boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in removable protective clear sleeve. 249pp. B/w photographs and diagrams. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (40/5).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. (1955) 256 pp. Original dark blue covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled. Spine a bit sunned; ends slightly bumped. Light scattered foxing. Inscription to previous owner on front blank endpaper. SIGNED BY GORDON RICHARDS ON TITLE PAGE. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Links Golf Club Card Newmarket Dated 1949 signed by Jockey Sir Gordon Richards. Dated 1949. Sir Gordon Richards 1904 - 1986 was an English jockey who was the British flat racing Champion Jockey 26 times, and is often considered the world's greatest jockey. He remains the only flat jockey to have been knighted. Size is 120mm x 95mm, In average condition. Creasing and marking to card. Ref 19046. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covered boards, silver title and author lettering to the spine with silver horse and jockey illustration to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 208 printed pages of text with monochrome drawings throughout. Lower spine end scuffed, foxing to the free end papers. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks to the spine ends, shelf rubs to the rear panel, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Horse Racing].

Horse-racing book. Biography of the great jockey Gordon Richards. 8vo. 256pp. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges. A good copy.